What’s happening: CHA has issued summaries of the federal fiscal year 2025 inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) and long-term care hospital (LTCH) PPS proposed rules.
What else to know: CHA will host a complimentary, members-only webinar on the IPPS provisions on May 15. Comments on the proposed rules are due by 2 p.m. (PT) on June 10.
The IPPS summary highlights key provisions of the proposed rule, including:
- Market basket update
- Medicare disproportionate share hospital payments
- Wage index
- Mandatory Bundled Payment Model
- Separate payment for essential medicines
- Social determinants of health diagnosis codes
- Updates to the Inpatient Quality Reporting and Hospital Value-Based Purchasing programs
- Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program
- Hospital and critical access hospital respiratory illness reporting requirements
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